Why Farm Camp?

We started the Farm Stay years ago for one obvious reason: to pay our hay bill. 

We were reckless and ignorant when we moved from Brooklyn to start a farm. We were quickly stunned to learn how relentlessly expensive a farm is in every single way. So many bills and needs! And you can't work full-time because you're taking care of the farm. And you can't properly take care of the farm unless you have money.

But we had a guest apartment on the property, and we could at least make our hay bill if we rented out the apartment. 

At first I charged so little that I only offered an hour of my time: a quick farm tour on the first morning. We offered pony riding for an extra fee. This all seemed fine.

But then the pandemic happened. To cut down on turn-overs, I made the summer 2020 rentals a six-night minimum. And then because everything was closed and there would be nothing to do, I offered Farm Camp: Two hours of instruction and chores and climbing fences and undoing latches and bottle-feeding lambs and building the earth oven and so on. 

At first I worried it would be hard to fill the time. 

It wasn't. 

And I worried about forcing kids to do work. 

But then I did it anyway. 

​And it turned out to be the best thing. 
 
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